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Class and Functional Components

Explore the foundational concepts of React Native by understanding class and functional components. Learn how state and lifecycle methods differ between them, and discover why functional components with Hooks are preferred for cleaner, more readable code.

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React allows us to make components using both classes and functions. Before React’s Hooks API, only class components could have a state. However, now we can add a state to function components as well. Let’s look at both components, one at a time.

Class components

Class components accept props ...